GigaBitWare provides web hosting services to subscribers around the world. The following terms of service are designed to provide the highest level of service available.
All services provided by GigaBitWare are to be used for lawful purposes only. Transmission, storage, or presentation of any information, data or material in violation of any United States Federal, State or Local law is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to: copyrighted material, material we judge to be threatening or obscene, material that jeopardizes national security, or material protected by trade secret or other laws. The subscriber agrees to indemnify and hold harmless GigaBitWare from any claims resulting from the subscriber's use of GigaBitWare's services which damages the subscriber or any other party.
Note: Pornography and sex related merchandising are prohibited on any GigaBitWare shared account. This includes sites that may imply sexual content, or link to adult content elsewhere. This is also true for sites that promote any illegal activity or content that may be damaging to GigaBitWare servers or any other server on the Internet. Links to such materials are also prohibited.
GigaBitWare will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of this provision. Content that does not meet these standards will be removed without prior notice to the subscriber.
IRC - We currently do not allow IRC, Egg Drops, BNC, or IRC bots to be operated on our servers or network. Files with references to IRC or any likeness thereof are prohibited. Also any program that acts like an IRC server or that provide chat functions that run as background processes are not allowed.
Proxies - We do not allow proxy servers of any kind, whether for personal or business use. Files with references to any proxy or likeness thereof are prohibited.
PortScanning - We do not allow any kind of portscanning to be done on or from our servers or network.
Commercial Advertising - Email -
Server Abuse - Any attempts to undermine or cause harm to a GigaBitWare server or subscriber of GigaBitWare is strictly prohibited including, but not limited to:
You will be held responsible for all actions performed by your account whether done by you or by others.
All sub-networks of GigaBitWare and all dedicated servers must adhere to the above policies.
As of August 11, 2004 all bandwidth listings for Webmaster, Professional and Enterprise dedicated servers consist of the sum of incoming and outgoing bandwidth allowance. Incoming and outgoing bandwidth allowances are calculated on a 50/50 split of incoming to outgoing bandwidth based on the total bandwidth, therefore the incoming and outgoing bandwidth allowances are each half of the total listed bandwidth. Any bandwidth usage exceeding either the incoming or outgoing bandwidth total will be billed at the rate of $1.00 per GB over.
Basic support and maintenance of dedicated servers is provided at the discretion of GigaBitWare. In the case of erroneous instances or support issues extending beyond what we determine to be within the realm of reasonable assistance, support is priced as follows:
GigaBitWare will use its commercially reasonably efforts to provide services 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Subscriber acknowledges that from time to time the services may be inaccessible or inoperable for various reasons, including periodic maintenance procedures or upgrades ("Scheduled Downtime"); or service malfunctions, and causes beyond GigaBitWare's control or which are not reasonably foreseeable by GigaBitWare, including the interruption or failure of telecommunications or digital transmission links, hostile network attacks, or network congestion or other failures. GigaBitWare will provide at least 48 hours advance notice to the subscriber for Scheduled Downtimes, and will use commercially reasonable efforts to minimize any other disruption, inaccessibility and/or inoperability of its web servers. GigaBitWare has no responsibility for downtime resulting from a user's actions. Also, the 100% network uptime guarantee does not apply for shared accounts.
Refunds will be posted for FULL months only, with the exception of plans including a 30 day money back guarantee. Virtual Dedicated, Virtual Private, and Dedicated servers are not included for the 30 Day Money Back Guarantee. Notice of cancellation must be given before the month in question begins. Any Setup fee is NON refundable. $14.95 will be deducted from the money refunded if the user's domain was registered via a GigaBitWare.'s free domain registration method.
Any violation of GigaBitWare's Terms of Service Agreement shall result in no refund.
The account will be charged on the day the order is processed, regardless of the account billing date. The account will not be charged again until the next month's billing cycle.
Check Orders: Accounts for subscribers who wish to pay by check will be setup when the check is received by GigaBitWare.
Disabling of accounts due to overdue payment: Accounts will be disabled if payment is not received within 10 days of the invoice date. If your account has been disabled, you may be charged a reconnection fee of up to $50 in order to re-enable your account.
Termination of accounts due to overdue payment: If the account is not paid within 30 days of the invoice date, the account will be terminated and all information within the account will be deleted.
Cancellation Procedure: Valid proof of account ownership will be required to terminate an account. This includes, but is not limited to, billing information in the form of a partial credit card number or other payment information, or the billing password. Non-secure information, such as the contact email address or account billing address, is not sufficient as a security verification.
Domain Name Transfers: GigaBitWare shall not be held responsible for domain transfers. The account holder is responsible for completing any necessary domain name transfers.
All services such as backup and Cpanel are provided for the courtesy of the subscriber. It is the sole responsibility of the subscriber to maintain the subscriber's own backup of any data. GigaBitWare is not responsible for lost data or for lost data due to third party software that is not maintained byGigaBitWare programming staff. (Cpanel is not associated with GigaBitWare.)
Recovery of damages from GigaBitWare may not exceed the amount of fees it has collected on the account.
Terms Of Service are subject to change without any prior notification.
These Terms of Service are a legally binding contract between the subscriber and GigaBitWare.
By opening an account, the subscriber agrees to the above-stated terms.
Anything not listed in the Terms of Service is open to interpretation and change by GigaBitWare administrators without prior notice.
All prices, with the exception of the 30-day money back guarantee, are nonrefundable and nonnegotiable.
Any violation of these Terms of Service will result in termination of the account. GigaBitWare maintains the right to terminate accounts without prior notification.
We reserve the right to remove any account with 15 days prior notice.
Any dispute between GigaBitWare and a subscriber shall be determined by arbitration conducted by the American Arbitration Association pursuant to its commercial arbitration rules. The arbitrator shall decide any dispute in accordance with Florida law, without the application of choice of law principles. Each party shall bear its own expenses and legal fees for the arbitration. The arbitration shall be conducted in Hernando County, Florida, unless both parties agree in writing to a different location. The arbitration award is enforceable as a judgment of any court having proper jurisdiction.
